Soil moisture helps Ivory Coast cocoa main crop despite poor rains

Soil moisture helps Ivory Coast cocoa main crop despite poor rains

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Rains were below average last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions but soil moisture content was still high enough to help strengthen the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday. The world's top cocoa producer is in its rainy season, which runs officially from April to mid-November. Farmers said the weather in September would be crucial for the quality and the size of the crop in the fi…